100 Days of Brexit

U.K. Businesses Burn Cash as Brexit Bureaucracy Takes Its Toll

EU border hassle hits U.K. exporters big and small

Employees walk near trucks at the Port of Larne in Larne, U.K.
Photographer: Mark Marlow/Bloomberg

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By Lizzy Burden and Deirdre Hipwell

April 14, 2021 at 4:00 AM UTC

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Breaking free of Brussels bureaucracy was meant to herald a bonfire of red tape for Britain. In the first 100 days of Brexit, the only thing many businesses burned was money.